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Concert Band
AUDITIONS for the Northern
State College Concert Band will
be held during the week of Nov.
6, through Nov. 10. All students
interested in participating in this
organization should see Darwin
Walker in DH-101 before Nov. 6,
to check out an instrument if ne-cessary,
and to sign up for an audi-tion
time. It is not necessary for
former members of the band to
audition.
The Concert Band rehearses
three times weekly, Monday, Wed-nesday,
and Friday, at 3:25. The
band makes several appearances
on the campus during the remain-der
of the school year. In addi-tion,
a tour is planned again this
winter for the group.
Odd jobs
ANYONE interested in applying
for miscellaneous, temporary work
in the Aberdeen area should con-tact
Dean Myrle Hanson, accord-ing
to Mike Sweeny, chairman of
the Student Senate Employment
Committee.
Students should see Dean Hanson
in the Student Personnel office in
Spafford Hall.
PRESS
II YOUR 5US6T I TUTE HERE, M I 5 5 JONES, TELL5 ME
YOUR 5TUPENT5 ARE QUITE CONCERNED Aff,our
YOUR HEAL -T14.,"
Northerner's reject student power
STUDENT POWER! Does this phrase mean any-thing
to you, as a Northern student? An affirmative an-swer
is doubtful.
In recent months this concept of student power has
created a wave of student interest throughout the col-leges
and universities across the country.
What is student power? Student power is nothing
more than the collective interest and concern of students
making thir desires and dissatisfactions influential in the
field of education.
True, there are countless ramifications concerning
the concept. The fact remains, however, that in any
case it is a student voice in the policy making exercises
carried out by every institution of higher learning in
the nation.
Recently students at Brooklyn College in New York
City exercised their student power in a five-day strike
against the administration because military recruiters
were allowed to set up a recruiting station on the cam-pus.
The reason behind the demonstration of student
power is irreleveant to the purpose of this article, how-ever,
it is significant that the students were allowed to
express themselves, voice their demands, and were given
council.
Another student demonstration took place on the
University of Wisconsin campus and at Princeton Uni-versity.
These displays of student dissatisfaction may be
the most serious crisis higher education has faced in
this century.
Perhaps the reasons and demands that initiated the
demonstrations do not apply to the situation on Nor-thern's
campus. It must be pointed out that there axe
problem situations on Northern's campus that would
constitute justification for student dissatisfaction.
The purpose of this article is not to encourage mass
demonstrations by the students of NSC, but only to
question their concern for a higher education.
Northern students are not apathetic individuals.
Their opinions and ideas are for the most part as con-troversial
and thought provoking as any college stu-dent's
in this country and the world for that matter.
The problem with students on this campus is their
fear of voicing that opinion, or giving lip service to a
controversial issue. There seems to be a fear of losing
face, or losing a grade, or a recommendation. A fear of
being forced to defend these beliefs and justify actions
that interupt the "status quo" so to speak.
For instance, there are a number of instructor-stu-dent
classroom situations that are completely ourageous
as far as educational purposes go on this campus at this
very minute. There exists communication breakdowns
and inexcusable examples of instructor ignorance that
will never be brought to the surface unless the students
in these classes take it upon themselves as responsible
individuals to exercise their student power.
It is my contention that these classes should be
boycotted. However, to avoid misunderstanding with
the administration this recommendation should only
be used as a last resort. There are innumerable ways in
which this situation can be corrected.
First and foremost, however, attention must be
called to the situation. And it is also my contention that
this will never be done because the students of Northern
State College are grade hungry, recommendation hungry,
and not interested in obtaining the best education pos-sible.
In effect, that grade or recommendation means
more by far than any amount of wisdom or knowledge
available.
This is a disgusting example of a quality worse than
apathy itself. This is self-inflicted, self-injustice that can
only be labeled as the loss of a concept most people
with any education, whatsoever, cherish. That is a loss
of a value judgment. RH
Su 805
Exponent revitalized
DEAR SIR:
AFTER reading Mr. Bashara's ex-cellent
contribution and the many
editorials covering a wide range of
topics, I must say, something strange
is going on.
In my short stay here at Northern
I have learned to accept the Exponent
as just being wishy-washy, but now in
one issue, a reversal or perhaps, re-vitalization
has taken place.
A newspaper, large or small, has
not only the job of reporting, but
also of being a sounding board for
Placement
THE PLACEMENT Bureau an-nounces
its first interview sche-dule
of the dirrent school year.
Seniors who expect to graduate in
January, May, or August, 1968,
are invited to make appointments
for interviews with Mr. Gellcrman.
Seniors who haven't yet register-ed
with the Placement Bureau
should do so at once since it ap-pears
that recruiters will be visit-ing
the campus earlier than in the
past years. Normally, this program
doesn't really start until the second
semester.
public opinion. As such, it wields an
enormous amount of power, and this
power is entrusted to it by the public.
Basically then, it must work to pro-tect
its beneficiaries as well as being
the issues of the day to the front
so that we can understand both sides.
In this time of news management on
a national scale, it is heartening to
know that the people can still make
themselves heard.
Finally, then, it comes down to
two choices as I see it; either you,
the staff, retire and rest on your new
laurels, or you go in trying to pre-sent
as much as possible in a clear
perspective. This you have proven
you can accomplish so keep at it, for
surely after so great a step forward
you cannot return to old standards.
Thank you,
Steve Mahanna
Parade changes
DEAR SIR:
DUE TO the controversy over the
questionable conduct of some view-ers
on South Main during the Gypsy
Day parade, steps are already being
taken to alleviate this problem next
year.
The Gypsy Day Committee has re-ceived
numerous letters from band
directors and has heard many unfav-orable
comments concerning the lack
of respect and decency that was wit-nessed
in that particular area during
the parade. It is unreasonable to sub-ject
anyone to the sort of treatment
that the parade participants received
from "children" watching the parade
on South Main. Unfortunately such
conduct reflects directly on the stu-dents
of Northern and the city of
Aberdeen.
Although we are powerless to al-leviate
the real cause of the prob-lem,
certain measures can be effect-ed
to avoid this happening again.
No formal action has been taken
as yet but it has definitely been de-cided
to provide better policing of the
parade and to change the parade route
for next year. The chief of police
has guaranteed sufficient police cov-erage
to prevent harrassing of band
members and general misconduct of
viewers on the parade route. Also
the change in the parade route will
be made to avoid the area where this
trouble generally originates.
It is really unfortunate that such
a small minority of people can ruin
the parade for the participants, cause
so much embarrassment to the stu-dents,
faculty, and administration of
the third largest institution of higher
learning in South Dakota, and give so
many people the wrong impression
of NSC. Not all of these individuals
are students at Northern but even
one or two can reflect on the student
body.
We hope that the changes we pro-pose
will prevent this unfortunate
situation in the future.
Joanne Glasow
Steve McBride
Gypsy Day Committee,
1988
Interview Schedule
Nov. 3 S. D. Department of Banks ..... ___. Government
Nov. 10 Montgomery Ward Business
Nov. 14 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co Business
Nov. 15 U. S. Bureau of Public Roads _.___ ......... . . ______ Government
Nov. 27 U. S. Department of Agriculture . Government
Nov. 29 General Adjustment Bureau Business .
Nov. 30 Northwestern Refining Co. _____ Business
Nov. 30 St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. Business
Dec. 1 Bureau of Indian Affairs ......, .... Teachers
Page Two THE EXPONENT November 2, 1967
Council wants salary increase;
warns of frozen enrollments
THE PRESIDENT'S Council is a committee made up of the
presidents of the seven state colleges and universities in South
Dakota. Recently they met with the Regents of Education and
called for additional faculty positions and additional funds for
hiring the new people, plus regular salary increases.
Recommending a ten per cent increase for 1968-69 salaries,
the council said that they would urge the enrollments of state
institutions be frozen at the 1967-68 level, if the additional
faculty positions were not authorized. This increase would allow
South Dakota colleges and universities to compete in obtaining
and holding a competent faculty staff.
However, the Board of Regents reacted with the fact that
were already considering a five per cent increase of teacher salaries.
Charles Burke, chairman of the board, remarked, "it may be the
schools will have to make some academic teaching adjustments
because the state is running out of money."
So, the state of South Dakota is running out of money .. .
how dreadful! It's too bad the Regents and the State Legisla-ture
can't go into debt to meet the demands of the President's
Council. Perhaps they will re-evaluate their pocket-book when
they realize how many students will be denied a college edu-cation
if the council urges their threat of freezing enrollments.
We can't blame the presidents for urging a resolution of frozen
enrollments. Dr. Allen Millar of Southern State told the board that
the resolution is not what we would like to do, but it is impossible
to absorb any more students with the present faculty."
It always amounts to the same thing . . . the schools must
make the adjustments, not the legislature and their "no-debt"
obsession ... ask for a certain amount of money and the school
is bound to get less than they request, if they get any at all. Just
once I would like to see the legislature meet the total demands
of the President's Council for increased faculty and salaries.
If the legislature defies the council's recommendations for the
sake of their reputation as misers, then they will forsake their own
cry for better education. South Dakota colleges and universities
will not only have the problem of student drop-outs, but will face
a new and more urgent problem those kids that never had the
opportunity to drop-in. PB
Drug users represent minority;
generalizations discolor issue
FEARFUL CRIES of "grass on the prairie" have finally
brought the much-exploded drug usage issue home to South Dakota
campuses. Reports of student involvement with the illegal drugs,
namely marijuana and LSD, have provoked quick administrative
investigations and have promoted a wide variety of reactions and
rumors throughout the state.
But before the issue reaches its probable over-blown pro-portions
and becomes a condemning factor against college stu-dents
as a whole, let's take a breather and look at a few
straight facts.
The much-guessed about issue has prompted a national study
of the situation. Dr. George Gallup's American Institute of Public
Opinion has, at the request of Reader's Digest recently completed
a survey of students in 426 colleges across the nation to find out
from the real source, the students themselves, the extent to which
drugs, particularly marijuana and LSD, are being used.
The realistic report puts a big stamp of encouragement
on the whole situation. Final results of the poll revealed that
only about six per cent of the nation's college population have
ever tried marijuana. Not more than one per cent stated that
they had experimented with LSD. A staggering 51 per cent of
those polled replied that they did not even know a single
student who had tried marijuana or LSD. The collegians esti-mated
that no more than four per cent of the students on their
own campuses had tried drugs.
Projected against the six million college students in the United
States, the Gallup Poll figures indicate that there are some 300,000
collegiate drug users — only a small portion of the raved about
"millions." It must be remembered, too, that the percentages apply
only to those who have tried drugs. It seems logical that a still
smaller group would be regular users.
In contrast to the fear that drugs are sweeping college
campuses, the report disclosed that most college students con-sider
themselves reluctant to try drugs. They further felt that
those who were "on" marijuana or LSD were "lost, mixed-up,
sick." Students termed the drug users among them as "victims
rather than heroes."
So let's be reasonable. All of the 300,000 drug users aren't
in South Dakota. Certainly there must be some, but their numbers
cannot realistically place them among any growing majorities. The
potential for judgment and generalization is in the air. Place it
where you will, but consider that facts before you put the condemn-ing
stamp on anybody. BL
% The Exponent
Northern State College
Student Publication
Published weekly during the college year by Northern students. Entered as Second
Class matter July 16, 1904, at the Post Office at Aberdeen, S. D. under the act of
Congress of March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage on July
13, 1918 under provisions of paragraph (d., Section 34.40, P.L.&R.). Subscription rate
$2.50 per year.
EDITOR Randy Howell
Managing Editor Barbara Lampy
News Editor ..... Pat Biddle
Sports Editor
Business Manager Quent Alwin
Feature Editor - Pete Holmes
Circulation Manager . Mike Downey
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS

Concert Band
AUDITIONS for the Northern
State College Concert Band will
be held during the week of Nov.
6, through Nov. 10. All students
interested in participating in this
organization should see Darwin
Walker in DH-101 before Nov. 6,
to check out an instrument if ne-cessary,
and to sign up for an audi-tion
time. It is not necessary for
former members of the band to
audition.
The Concert Band rehearses
three times weekly, Monday, Wed-nesday,
and Friday, at 3:25. The
band makes several appearances
on the campus during the remain-der
of the school year. In addi-tion,
a tour is planned again this
winter for the group.
Odd jobs
ANYONE interested in applying
for miscellaneous, temporary work
in the Aberdeen area should con-tact
Dean Myrle Hanson, accord-ing
to Mike Sweeny, chairman of
the Student Senate Employment
Committee.
Students should see Dean Hanson
in the Student Personnel office in
Spafford Hall.
PRESS
II YOUR 5US6T I TUTE HERE, M I 5 5 JONES, TELL5 ME
YOUR 5TUPENT5 ARE QUITE CONCERNED Aff,our
YOUR HEAL -T14.,"
Northerner's reject student power
STUDENT POWER! Does this phrase mean any-thing
to you, as a Northern student? An affirmative an-swer
is doubtful.
In recent months this concept of student power has
created a wave of student interest throughout the col-leges
and universities across the country.
What is student power? Student power is nothing
more than the collective interest and concern of students
making thir desires and dissatisfactions influential in the
field of education.
True, there are countless ramifications concerning
the concept. The fact remains, however, that in any
case it is a student voice in the policy making exercises
carried out by every institution of higher learning in
the nation.
Recently students at Brooklyn College in New York
City exercised their student power in a five-day strike
against the administration because military recruiters
were allowed to set up a recruiting station on the cam-pus.
The reason behind the demonstration of student
power is irreleveant to the purpose of this article, how-ever,
it is significant that the students were allowed to
express themselves, voice their demands, and were given
council.
Another student demonstration took place on the
University of Wisconsin campus and at Princeton Uni-versity.
These displays of student dissatisfaction may be
the most serious crisis higher education has faced in
this century.
Perhaps the reasons and demands that initiated the
demonstrations do not apply to the situation on Nor-thern's
campus. It must be pointed out that there axe
problem situations on Northern's campus that would
constitute justification for student dissatisfaction.
The purpose of this article is not to encourage mass
demonstrations by the students of NSC, but only to
question their concern for a higher education.
Northern students are not apathetic individuals.
Their opinions and ideas are for the most part as con-troversial
and thought provoking as any college stu-dent's
in this country and the world for that matter.
The problem with students on this campus is their
fear of voicing that opinion, or giving lip service to a
controversial issue. There seems to be a fear of losing
face, or losing a grade, or a recommendation. A fear of
being forced to defend these beliefs and justify actions
that interupt the "status quo" so to speak.
For instance, there are a number of instructor-stu-dent
classroom situations that are completely ourageous
as far as educational purposes go on this campus at this
very minute. There exists communication breakdowns
and inexcusable examples of instructor ignorance that
will never be brought to the surface unless the students
in these classes take it upon themselves as responsible
individuals to exercise their student power.
It is my contention that these classes should be
boycotted. However, to avoid misunderstanding with
the administration this recommendation should only
be used as a last resort. There are innumerable ways in
which this situation can be corrected.
First and foremost, however, attention must be
called to the situation. And it is also my contention that
this will never be done because the students of Northern
State College are grade hungry, recommendation hungry,
and not interested in obtaining the best education pos-sible.
In effect, that grade or recommendation means
more by far than any amount of wisdom or knowledge
available.
This is a disgusting example of a quality worse than
apathy itself. This is self-inflicted, self-injustice that can
only be labeled as the loss of a concept most people
with any education, whatsoever, cherish. That is a loss
of a value judgment. RH
Su 805
Exponent revitalized
DEAR SIR:
AFTER reading Mr. Bashara's ex-cellent
contribution and the many
editorials covering a wide range of
topics, I must say, something strange
is going on.
In my short stay here at Northern
I have learned to accept the Exponent
as just being wishy-washy, but now in
one issue, a reversal or perhaps, re-vitalization
has taken place.
A newspaper, large or small, has
not only the job of reporting, but
also of being a sounding board for
Placement
THE PLACEMENT Bureau an-nounces
its first interview sche-dule
of the dirrent school year.
Seniors who expect to graduate in
January, May, or August, 1968,
are invited to make appointments
for interviews with Mr. Gellcrman.
Seniors who haven't yet register-ed
with the Placement Bureau
should do so at once since it ap-pears
that recruiters will be visit-ing
the campus earlier than in the
past years. Normally, this program
doesn't really start until the second
semester.
public opinion. As such, it wields an
enormous amount of power, and this
power is entrusted to it by the public.
Basically then, it must work to pro-tect
its beneficiaries as well as being
the issues of the day to the front
so that we can understand both sides.
In this time of news management on
a national scale, it is heartening to
know that the people can still make
themselves heard.
Finally, then, it comes down to
two choices as I see it; either you,
the staff, retire and rest on your new
laurels, or you go in trying to pre-sent
as much as possible in a clear
perspective. This you have proven
you can accomplish so keep at it, for
surely after so great a step forward
you cannot return to old standards.
Thank you,
Steve Mahanna
Parade changes
DEAR SIR:
DUE TO the controversy over the
questionable conduct of some view-ers
on South Main during the Gypsy
Day parade, steps are already being
taken to alleviate this problem next
year.
The Gypsy Day Committee has re-ceived
numerous letters from band
directors and has heard many unfav-orable
comments concerning the lack
of respect and decency that was wit-nessed
in that particular area during
the parade. It is unreasonable to sub-ject
anyone to the sort of treatment
that the parade participants received
from "children" watching the parade
on South Main. Unfortunately such
conduct reflects directly on the stu-dents
of Northern and the city of
Aberdeen.
Although we are powerless to al-leviate
the real cause of the prob-lem,
certain measures can be effect-ed
to avoid this happening again.
No formal action has been taken
as yet but it has definitely been de-cided
to provide better policing of the
parade and to change the parade route
for next year. The chief of police
has guaranteed sufficient police cov-erage
to prevent harrassing of band
members and general misconduct of
viewers on the parade route. Also
the change in the parade route will
be made to avoid the area where this
trouble generally originates.
It is really unfortunate that such
a small minority of people can ruin
the parade for the participants, cause
so much embarrassment to the stu-dents,
faculty, and administration of
the third largest institution of higher
learning in South Dakota, and give so
many people the wrong impression
of NSC. Not all of these individuals
are students at Northern but even
one or two can reflect on the student
body.
We hope that the changes we pro-pose
will prevent this unfortunate
situation in the future.
Joanne Glasow
Steve McBride
Gypsy Day Committee,
1988
Interview Schedule
Nov. 3 S. D. Department of Banks ..... ___. Government
Nov. 10 Montgomery Ward Business
Nov. 14 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co Business
Nov. 15 U. S. Bureau of Public Roads _.___ ......... . . ______ Government
Nov. 27 U. S. Department of Agriculture . Government
Nov. 29 General Adjustment Bureau Business .
Nov. 30 Northwestern Refining Co. _____ Business
Nov. 30 St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. Business
Dec. 1 Bureau of Indian Affairs ......, .... Teachers
Page Two THE EXPONENT November 2, 1967
Council wants salary increase;
warns of frozen enrollments
THE PRESIDENT'S Council is a committee made up of the
presidents of the seven state colleges and universities in South
Dakota. Recently they met with the Regents of Education and
called for additional faculty positions and additional funds for
hiring the new people, plus regular salary increases.
Recommending a ten per cent increase for 1968-69 salaries,
the council said that they would urge the enrollments of state
institutions be frozen at the 1967-68 level, if the additional
faculty positions were not authorized. This increase would allow
South Dakota colleges and universities to compete in obtaining
and holding a competent faculty staff.
However, the Board of Regents reacted with the fact that
were already considering a five per cent increase of teacher salaries.
Charles Burke, chairman of the board, remarked, "it may be the
schools will have to make some academic teaching adjustments
because the state is running out of money."
So, the state of South Dakota is running out of money .. .
how dreadful! It's too bad the Regents and the State Legisla-ture
can't go into debt to meet the demands of the President's
Council. Perhaps they will re-evaluate their pocket-book when
they realize how many students will be denied a college edu-cation
if the council urges their threat of freezing enrollments.
We can't blame the presidents for urging a resolution of frozen
enrollments. Dr. Allen Millar of Southern State told the board that
the resolution is not what we would like to do, but it is impossible
to absorb any more students with the present faculty."
It always amounts to the same thing . . . the schools must
make the adjustments, not the legislature and their "no-debt"
obsession ... ask for a certain amount of money and the school
is bound to get less than they request, if they get any at all. Just
once I would like to see the legislature meet the total demands
of the President's Council for increased faculty and salaries.
If the legislature defies the council's recommendations for the
sake of their reputation as misers, then they will forsake their own
cry for better education. South Dakota colleges and universities
will not only have the problem of student drop-outs, but will face
a new and more urgent problem those kids that never had the
opportunity to drop-in. PB
Drug users represent minority;
generalizations discolor issue
FEARFUL CRIES of "grass on the prairie" have finally
brought the much-exploded drug usage issue home to South Dakota
campuses. Reports of student involvement with the illegal drugs,
namely marijuana and LSD, have provoked quick administrative
investigations and have promoted a wide variety of reactions and
rumors throughout the state.
But before the issue reaches its probable over-blown pro-portions
and becomes a condemning factor against college stu-dents
as a whole, let's take a breather and look at a few
straight facts.
The much-guessed about issue has prompted a national study
of the situation. Dr. George Gallup's American Institute of Public
Opinion has, at the request of Reader's Digest recently completed
a survey of students in 426 colleges across the nation to find out
from the real source, the students themselves, the extent to which
drugs, particularly marijuana and LSD, are being used.
The realistic report puts a big stamp of encouragement
on the whole situation. Final results of the poll revealed that
only about six per cent of the nation's college population have
ever tried marijuana. Not more than one per cent stated that
they had experimented with LSD. A staggering 51 per cent of
those polled replied that they did not even know a single
student who had tried marijuana or LSD. The collegians esti-mated
that no more than four per cent of the students on their
own campuses had tried drugs.
Projected against the six million college students in the United
States, the Gallup Poll figures indicate that there are some 300,000
collegiate drug users — only a small portion of the raved about
"millions." It must be remembered, too, that the percentages apply
only to those who have tried drugs. It seems logical that a still
smaller group would be regular users.
In contrast to the fear that drugs are sweeping college
campuses, the report disclosed that most college students con-sider
themselves reluctant to try drugs. They further felt that
those who were "on" marijuana or LSD were "lost, mixed-up,
sick." Students termed the drug users among them as "victims
rather than heroes."
So let's be reasonable. All of the 300,000 drug users aren't
in South Dakota. Certainly there must be some, but their numbers
cannot realistically place them among any growing majorities. The
potential for judgment and generalization is in the air. Place it
where you will, but consider that facts before you put the condemn-ing
stamp on anybody. BL
% The Exponent
Northern State College
Student Publication
Published weekly during the college year by Northern students. Entered as Second
Class matter July 16, 1904, at the Post Office at Aberdeen, S. D. under the act of
Congress of March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage on July
13, 1918 under provisions of paragraph (d., Section 34.40, P.L.&R.). Subscription rate
$2.50 per year.
EDITOR Randy Howell
Managing Editor Barbara Lampy
News Editor ..... Pat Biddle
Sports Editor
Business Manager Quent Alwin
Feature Editor - Pete Holmes
Circulation Manager . Mike Downey
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS